As of 8:45 a.m. Monday, there were 38,166 outages in Nassau and 9,593 outages in Suffolk.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone late Sunday night reported that power had returned to about 99 percent of Suffolk residents, thanks to the county bypassing LIPA headquarters and working directly with substation managers to expedite the restoration process.

“Despite the massive failure of leadership at LIPA headquarters, we have restored power in Suffolk County thanks to the dedicated men and women on the ground who have been working 16 to 18 hour days to get the job done,” Bellone said in a statement. “By working with the front line workers, we have expedited turning the lights on by making sure the resources needed to restore the power remain here in Suffolk County.”